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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2000
Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Tony F. Rodriguez, Portland, OR (US);
Tyler J. Mckinley, West Linn, OR (US);
Marc D. Miller, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Kirstin Hierholzer, Portland, OR (US);
Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Tony F. Rodriguez, Portland, OR (US);
Tyler J. McKinley, West Linn, OR (US);
Marc D. Miller, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Kirstin Hierholzer, Portland, OR (US);
Digimare Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for associating watermark enabled objects with machine behaviors. Machine behaviors refer to actions by devices or systems in response to a triggering event. Examples of these behaviors include fetching a web page, opening an email client to send an email to a specific person, initiating a phone or video conference call, etc. A registration system enables users to associate machine behaviors with objects through a watermark embedded in the objects. The decoding of the watermark initiates a process for triggering the machine behaviors associated with the watermarked object. While the disclosure describes an implementation for stickers as a class of watermark enabled objects, the system and related methods apply to other forms of watermark enabled objects, including both electronic and physical objects.